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The Evolution of the Elephant's 'Sixth Toe' (1 of 3)

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The Evolution of the Elephant's 'Sixth Toe' (1 of 3)

video: The evolution of proboscidean foot anatomy: The pes (hindfoot). This video relates to a paper that appeared in the Dec. 23, 2011, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.R. Hutchinson at the The Royal Veterinary College in London, UK, and colleagues, was titled, “From Flat Foot to Fat Foot: Structure, Ontogeny, Function, and Evolution Of Elephant 'Sixth Toes'.” view more 

Credit: Video © 2011 Julia Molnar


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